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Parents ran exotic strip club in home as children watched, DA says

Authorities in Perris have arrested a couple accused of running an exotic strip club inside the home where they were raising seven children. They are scheduled to be arraigned later this month.

The strip club was complete with a platform/dancing pole, alcohol and a
private “Exotic Zone,” according to court documents provided by the
Riverside County district attorney’s office.

Sheriff’s deputies uncovered what authorities describe as a strip club
and alleged child abuse when they searched the house of Gregory and LaQuron
Lacy in the 3000 block of Kalei Court after a homicide there in
July.

Investigators found seven adopted children, all under 11 years old, living there and at least five ecstasy pills sitting on the
kitchen counter, the documents said.

According to the documents, the children told officers that LaQuron
Lacy, 43, would hit them with “fists, belts, hangers and metal objects,
which caused them traumatic injuries and scarring,” and that she “often
refused to feed them and often locked them in their bedrooms.”

The children told officers they witnessed late-night strip club parties that lasted until the early morning, the documents said.

Four of the seven children “described being hit … with belts and a
metal cane” by 60-year-old Gregory Lacy, and a 6-year-old child said he
threatened them with a Taser, according to the documents.

A 7-year-old girl also told officers Gregory Lacy had recently sexually
assaulted her on a bathroom floor, according to the documents, an act
apparently witnessed by some of the other children.

Both Gregory and LaQuron Lacy were arrested Oct. 10 and have been
charged with multiple counts of child abuse. A spokesman for the
district attorney’s office said they would probably be arraigned later
this month.

Authorities searched the home in connection with the July 22 homicide
of 46-year-old Calvin Lynch of Moreno Valley, according to the
Riverside
Press-Enterprise.